Thank you for your answers. The topic is quickly shifting to the actual purpose of my question. So I ask the moderators to split this topic between the initial question and what I'm about to ask. I'm trying to understand if an arahat can improve his understanding of the dhamma after his awakening. T...

Hi. I'd like to add something because I'm not quite satisfied with my answer. When I say "continually abiding in the Unconditioned nature of the mind", what I mean is this passage that rightviewftw quoted: "He is absorbed dependent neither on earth, liquid, fire, wind, the sphere of the infinitude o...

Thanks for your reply. That sutta, however, is talking about the jhanas experienced while clinging to the aggregates. This is so because they are described as the path—the way to nibbana. They are not described as occurring while in nibbana. I’m talking about jhanas the Buddha experienced while he ...

It's probably a tendency in the West. My guess is that it has to do with high expectations learned through advertisement, combined with a poor understanding of human nature and falibility; and Western guilt.

Greetings, In the Dhamma, doubt is one of the five hindrances. Doubt specifically about the Dhamma also causes issues... "Furthermore, there is the case of the person in doubt & perplexity, who has not arrived at certainty with regard to the True Dhamma. Then he comes down with a serious disease. A...

That doesn't make me laugh. Does he also explain how a woman is supposed to be happy about being a man's sex toilet? He doesn't. He is being egregiously misrepresented in the media. ? I ask that type of question anyone who speaks favorably of birth control. It has nothing to do with how someone is ...

He doesn't. He is being egregiously misrepresented in the media. The New York Times recently did a piece about him. Who is more credible? An institution and a professional journalist whose reputations and livliehoods depend on getting the facts right and who have the time to look into things....OR ...

JP made me laugh when he said: " We did not fix the female reproductive cycle until the 1960s ". Essentially, he said that Nature or God created the female organism to reproduce offspring is something inherently problematic & broken that needed to be " fixed " or " repaired ". Doesn't sound like Ju...

Hello. Since that was reasonable, I can reply. I've seen misinterpretations of Jordan Peterson from even brilliant people that I admire. The number 1 thing you have to do to understand Peterson is to always apply the principle of charity. Whenever you start listening with a predisposition of dislike...

Greetings everyone, I am keen to survey the Dhamma Wheel membership to get your thoughts on "News, Current Events & Politics" and their relationship to this forum. We have always allowed discussion on such topics at Dhamma Wheel - initially in the Lounge, but we then later separated such topics out...

On Jordan Peterson's objections to atheism... The materialistic atheist view of the world can become a terrible problem in times of generalised dispair, such as in times of war. It is when the despair of war comes that we will rationalize all kinds of athrocities, Simply sounds like an apologist fo...

On Jordan Peterson's objections to atheism: Perheps the best way to understand his objections is to mention his own fundamental view of morality: every human being should be treated as an individual whose consciousness is a spark of the divine. Treating people as individuals is a standard moral and...